infection control Flashcards
patient who has varicella(chicken pox)
- mask
- goggles
- gloves
- gown
patient who has C.diff
- gown
-goggles
patient who has influenza
- mask
- gloves
- gown
What PPE should you put on if your patient just had a knee replacement?
gloves
What is the infection control purpose
removing disease causing micro-organisms from the heath care environment
As a PCT, what is your vital role in infection control
- handwashing
- proper disposal of equipment
- Proper PPE
immunocompromised
having an impaired immune response, usually as a result of disease, medication therapy, or surgery
medical asepsis goals
- clean technique
- reduce number of microorganisms & stop growth
surgical asepsis goal
- sterile technique
- completely remove microorganisms
surgical asepsis guidelines
- sterile objects comes into contact only w/ other sterile objects
- any doubt is considered nonsterile
- only essential staff needed
- never leave sterile field
- exposed to air for certain amount of time b/c it causes contamination
- comes in contact w/ anything contaminated it is contaminated
chain of infection
pathogen»_space; reservoir» portal of entry» mode of transmission» portal of exit» susceptible host»_space;
acute infection
comes rapidly, w/ serve but short-lived effects
chronic infections
an infection of long duriation
latent infection
persistent infection w/ recurrent symptoms “come and go”
opportunistic infection
caused by pathogens that do not normally produce illness in healthy humans
standard precautions
a strict form of infection control is based on the assumption that all blood & other body fluids are infectious
droplet precautions
must be followed for a patient know or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by large-particle droplets expelled during coughing, sneezing, talking, or laughing
airborne precautions
methods of infection control that must be used for patients know or suspected to be infected with pathogens transmitted by airborne droplet nuclei
contact precautions
practices used to prevent spread of disease by direct or indirect contact
(MRSA, C.diff, scabies, herpes simplex wound, & skin infections)
Infections that require droplet precaution
rubella, meningitis, mumps, pertussis, influenza, and other respiratory infections
infections that require airborne precautions
varicella, tuberculosis, measles
infections that require contact precautions
diphtheria, herpes simple, scabies, hepatitis A, respiratory syncytial virus, and other wound infections like MRSA, VRE, and C.diff
autoclave can be used to
sterilize medical equipment
